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Mind Over Back Pain
Mind Over Back Pain
by John E Sarno
About the Author
Dr. John Sarno is Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, and attending physician at the Howard A. Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine, New York University Medical Center.... (read more)

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Diving Bell and the Butterfly (97 Edition)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly (97 Edition)
by Jean-dominique Bauby
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In 1995, Jean-Dominique Bauby was the editor-in-chief of French Elle, the father of two young childen, a 44-year-old man known and loved for his wit, his style, and his impassioned approach to life. By the end of the year he was also the victim of a rare... (read more)

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Heal Your Hips: How to Prevent Hip Surgery— And What to Do If You Need It
Heal Your Hips: How to Prevent Hip Surgery— And What to Do If You Need It
by Robert Klapper
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The first comprehensive guide to hip health Avoid injury, prevent deterioration, work out in water and on land, and understand the entire range of surgical options Once considered a natural consequence of aging, hip disorders can be reduced or eliminated... (read more)

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The Whole Foot Book: A Complete Program for Taking Care of Your Feet
The Whole Foot Book: A Complete Program for Taking Care of Your Feet
by Brett Ryan Fink
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The Whole Foot Book is the definitive reference for anyone suffering from foot pain. While many books review the basic treatment of foot and ankle conditions, The Whole Foot Book enlightens the reader with an understanding of the underlying causes of... (read more)

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No Excuses!
No Excuses!
by Kyle Maynard
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Born without arms or legs below his elbows and knees, Maynard excels as a champion athlete, inspirational speaker, college student and male model. "No Excuses" is his inspirational autobiography that shows how a positive can-do attitude gives someone we... (read more)

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Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life
Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life
by Nick Vujicic
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Life Without Limits is an inspiring book by an extraordinary man. Born without arms or legs, Nick Vujicic overcame his disability to live not just independently but a rich, fulfilling life, becoming a model for anyone seeking true happiness. Now an... (read more)

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Framework for the Shoulder: A 6-Step Plan for Preventing Injury and Ending Pain
Framework for the Shoulder: A 6-Step Plan for Preventing Injury and Ending Pain
by Nicholas A. Dinubile, M.d.
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Though todays doctors examine just as many achy, injured shoulders as they do problematic knees and backs, only recently have advances in medicine and technology revealed the true functional anatomy of the shoulder and how it can become damaged and... (read more)

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Ethics, Law, and Policy (Sage Reference Series on Disability: Key Issues and Future Directions)
Ethics, Law, and Policy (Sage Reference Series on Disability: Key Issues and Future Directions)
by Jerome Edmund Bickenbach
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This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores ethical, legal, and policy issues of people with disabilities, and is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which examines topics central to the lives of... (read more)

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Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey
Miracles Happen: One Mother, One Daughter, One Journey
by Brooke Ellison
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Brooke Ellison was the victim of an automobile accident that left her paralyzed from the neck down when she was eleven years old. Written with her mother, Jean, her closest companion, Brookes story starts on the day that changed her life. This inspiring... (read more)

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No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement
by Joseph P Shapiro
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People with disabilities forging the newest and last human rights movement of the century.... (read more)

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Journey Into the Deaf-world (96 Edition)
Journey Into the Deaf-world (96 Edition)
by Harlan Lane
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In this comprehensive and engrossing study, three distinguished scholars of Deaf culture—one hearing, one deaf, and one coda (child of deaf adults)—offer clear, penetrating insights into the existence and makeup of the deaf world, the community... (read more)

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Too Late To Die Young (05 Edition)
Too Late To Die Young (05 Edition)
by Harriet Mcbryde Johnson
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 A Washington Post Book World Rave Harriet McBryde Johnson's witty and highly unconventional memoir opens with a lyrical meditation on death and ends with a bold and unsentimental sermon on pleasure. Born with a congenital neuromuscular disease,... (read more)

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Poster Child : a Memoir (07 Edition)
Poster Child : a Memoir (07 Edition)
by Emily Rapp
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The stunning, critically-acclaimed memoir of living with disability. Emily Rapp was born with a congenital defect that required, at the age of four, that her left foot be amputated. By the time she was eight she'd had dozens of operations, had lost most... (read more)

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Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge
Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledge
by Cynthia Lewiecki-wilson And Jen Cellio
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Editors Lewiecki-Wilson (English, women's studies, Miami U.) and Cellio (English, Northern Kentucky U.) introduce this collection with discussion of feminism and disability studies. They explain that the unifying theme of this volume, as stated in the... (read more)

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Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches
Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches
by Rick Olderman
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Fixing You: Neck Pain & Headaches is an easy-to-use self-help guidebook to fixing just about every type of neck pain. This is because, no matter what the diagnosis, painful issues of the neck have the same root causes; that of poor neck function and poor... (read more)

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Souls: Beneath and Beyond Autism
Souls: Beneath and Beyond Autism
by Sharon Rosenbloom
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This project is committed to portraying autism and, more profoundly, individuals with autism, from the inside out. Through the media of photography and writing, this book hopes to educate and inspire by breaking apart stereotypes associated with autism... (read more)

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The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability (Body, in Theory: Histories)
The Body and Physical Difference: Discourses of Disability (Body, in Theory: Histories)
by David Mitchell
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For years the subject of human disability has engaged those in the biological, social and cognitive sciences, while at the same time, it has been curiously neglected within the humanities. The Body and Physical Difference seeks to introduce the field of... (read more)

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Mad at School
Mad at School
by Margaret Price
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A very important study that will appeal to a disability studies audience as well as scholars in social movements, social justice, critical pedagogy, literacy education, professional development for disability and learning specialists in access centers... (read more)

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The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Wrist Sprains and Strains: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age
The Official Patient's Sourcebook on Wrist Sprains and Strains: A Revised and Updated Directory for the Internet Age
by Health Publications ICON
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This sourcebook has been created for patients who have decided to make education and Internet-based research an integral part of the treatment process. Although it gives information useful to doctors, caregivers and other health professionals, it also... (read more)

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Deaf History Reader (07 Edition)
Deaf History Reader (07 Edition)
by John Vickrey Van Cleve
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The Deaf History Reader presents nine masterful chapters that bring together a remarkably vivid depiction of the varied Deaf experience in America. This collection features the finest scholarship from a noteworthy group of historians, including Reginald... (read more)

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